Dump car



Sept. 20,1927. 1,642,750 A. C. SCHMOHL DUMP CAR Filed July 1, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESS I INVENTO mm @14 I W Sept. 20 1927. f

A. C. SCHMOHL DUMP CAR ts-Sheet 2 Filed July 1, 1926 WITNESS Patented Sept. 20, 192 7. I j V v are i STATS Armani) c. SCHMOHL, or BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLV NIA, ASSIGNOR To KOPPEL. INDUSTRIAL CAR'AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,

' 'A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DUMP GAR.

if 7 Application filed July 1, 1926. Serial No. 119,853.

"This invention relates to railway. dump Each of the hinges 3 comprises a part 4 cars and more particularly to that type of Which is secured to the underframe and a dump car having a tilting body and has for part 5 which is secured to the car body. The yan'object the provision of resilient means for part 1 extends upwardly from the unders retarding the tiltingmovement of the body. frame and the upper outer surface thereof Another object of thevinvention is to pro- 7 is provided with a centrally arranged devide a dump car having a tilting body, with presslon 6 At each side of this part the 11168115 2601 permitting a free initial tilting upper outer surface thereof is curved as movement of the body andfor retarding the indicated by the reference character 7. 1o finaltilting of the body. I V v The part 5 depends downwardly from the A further objectof the invention is to probody of the car and is provided with spaced .vide the hinge betweenthe tilting body and lower portions 8 which are adapted to overthe underfrarne ofa railway dump car with lap thesides of the part 4. Between these means for retarding the tilting movement of lugs a web 9 is provided having its sides 10 15 the body, 1; 1 p v curved downwardly to correspond with These and other objects will be apparent curved ortions 7 of the part 4t. The spaced from thefollowing description. portions '8 are provided with openings flReferring to thedrawings in which like through which a pin 11 passes, such pin, vreference characters; refer to; like parts, Fig. between the portions Sbeing adapted to seat 20 1 i513 cross ti al i A of d p ar 111 the recess 6 of the part 41 and'form a pivot A embpdyinggthe ti th f ll li h for the car body during the partial tilting ing the body of the car in its righted posi- 0r rlghtlng of the body. This pin extends tion and the dot and dash lines showing the through the openings in the portions 8 and body tilted ,to one side to its discharging beyond such portions and at each one-of its 25 position; Fig.- 2 is an enlarged cross sectional ends has loosely mounted thereon an eye bolt i f ti f th ear h i th 12, the lower end portion of which extends hi f th b d i d tail h th b dy through a cover plate which is secured to the is 111 its righted position; Fig, 3 is an center 81118 of the underframe. The bolts enlarged longitudinal sectional viewof a 12 also pass through a block-13 arranged 30 portion of the car showing the hinge in side below the cover plate and the part 4. In l ati when the body ,is-in. its righted the present embodiment of the invention the {position and Fig 43 a cross ti lview block 13 directly engages the cover plate i il t Fi 2, b t h i th l ,secured to the center sills, but it will be t f th hi i th i iti n wh n understood that in some cases the cover plate 35 th car b dy i tilt d I I A may be omitted in which cases the block will Referring now in detail to the drawings dlre ly engage the part 4' of the hinge. thereference character '1 indicates the under- Below the block 13 each bolt passes through framejof the car and 2 thecar body, which a'spring 14 and a washer 15, which washer S5 I body is no unted on the underframe in such 15 h the b y a nut 16. The upper 44 azm th t it c b tilt d t one id or end of this spring seats on the underside of A the, other to discharge the ladingt carri d ,the block 13 while the lower end seats on the thereby A p I upperside of the washer 15. It will here be Th underfmme d b d may b f any noted that the bolts 12, washers 15 and nuts i j suitable construction and are connected to- 16 free to 1110V6 upwa dly'and 'down- 45V get he r' through the medium of hinges 3 WaI'Clly and that the blOCk 13, Clue to its 1 hi h hinges permit the body to tilt; d engagement with the underframe, or with move bodily toward" one side or the other. the part 4; of the hlnge, s held aga1nst up ward movement, thus any upward movement of the bolts will cause the springs M to compress.

When the car body is in its righted position the pins 11 of the parts 5 are seated in the depressions 6 of the parts t and these pins support the body and any weight carried thereby.

Assuming the car body being tilted or moved to one side toward discharging position from its righted position, the pin 11 of each hinge forms an axis around which the body rotates until such time as one of the curved portions 7 of the part 4 is engaged by one of the curved sides 10 of the part 5 when the weight of the body will be trans t'erred from the pin 11 to the parts I and 5 directly and by a continued movement of the body, the engagement of the parts I and F will cause thebody and pin 11 to be elevated to some extent and moved laterally at the same time. As the pin 11 is moved upwardly the eye bolts 12 are moved with it, thus causing the springs 14 to be compressed, thus retarding the momentum of the body as it is being tilted. It will here be noted that I besides retarding the momentum of the body the springs 14 willalso, to some extent, assist inrighting the body. It will be further noted that instead of the springs 1 L any other suitable retarding device may be used.

It will be understood that changes may bemade in the details and arrangement of the-several parts forming the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Havingthus described the invention what I-claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is y 1. In a dump car, an undertrame, a tilting body mounted on said undertrame and resilient means at the longitudinal center line otthe car and between said body and underframe adapted to retard the momentum of said body as it is being tilted.

2. In a dump car, an underframe, a tiltingbody, a hinge for said body, and means attached to a movable part of said hinge and engaging a stationary part of said under-frame for retarding the momentum of said body as it is being tilted, said means being located at the longitudinal center line of the car.

8. In a dump car, an undertrame, a tilting body, a hinge for said body comprising a stationary part attached to said under frame and a movable part attached to said body, and means for retarding the momentum of said body when it is tilted, saidmeans being connected with said movable part and to a stationary part on said undertrame and 4 located at the longitudinal center line of the car.

4. In adump car, an underframe, a tilting body, a hinge for said body, a pin for said hinge forming a pivot for said body during a partial tilting thereof, and means forminga pivot for said body during the rest of the tilting movement of said body, and means connected with said pin and said underi rame tor retarding the momentum of said body when the first mentioned means forms apivot for said body.

In a dump car, an undertrame, a tilt said momentum retarding meanslbeing in operative when the first mentioned" means ousaid parts 'arein cooperation.

6. In a dump car, an undertrame," atilting body, a hinge for said body comprising a movable part on saidbody and a stationary .part onsaidunderframe, a pin n said movable part adapted to cooperate with'sa'id stationary part to form a pivot for said body during a partial tilting of said body,-and

means on said parts adapted to cooperate'to' move said body and pinnpwardly during the rest of the tilting'movement, and means connected with said pin tor-retarding the momentum of said body.

7. -In'a dump car, an underframe,a tilt-" ing body mounted on said undertrame, a hinge forv said, body comprising a movable partand a stationary part, a member connected with said movable part, and a resilient member between said member and underframe adapted to retard the momentum of said body as it is being'tilted. 1 g

8. In a dump car, an underfr'ame a body tiltably mounted on said underframe, a

hinge forsaid body having amova'ble part connected with said body, a stationary part connected with said undertrame, and resilient means between said movable part and aid under-frame for retarding the tum ofsaid body as it tilts.

9. Ina dump ear, an underframe, a body tiltably mounted on said underframe, a'

hinge for said body having amovable part secured to said body and a stationary-part secured to said undertrame, a pin extending" through said movable part, being movable upwardly during ,a partial tilting of the body, membersiattached to the ends of said pin and extending downwardly through-a portion ofsaid undertrame, a bearing block loosely mounted on said members and extending beneath said stationarypart of said hinge, Washers on said members between said ashers and bearing block adapted to retard the movement of said body when saidpin is moved vertically.

10. In a dump car, an underframe, a body tiltably mounted on said underframe, a hinge for said body having a movable part attached to said body and a stationary part secured to said underframe, said hinge providing a central pivot for said body during 16 adapted to retard the momentum of said 1 body during its final tilting movement only. In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

ALFRED O. SOHMOHL. 

